Hinton v. State

On an indictment charging him with larceny, Joe Hin ton was tried, convicted, ancl sentenced by the court to serve a term of three years in the state penitentiary.

Robert Hinton, the owner of the money stolen, testified that on the third Sunday in April, 1935, he left three hundred eighty-five dollars in money with his wife, Willie Hinton, and went away to his work, which was some distance from his home, and that at noon of the following day, he was notified that his money had been stolen.

His wife, Willie Hinton, testified that on the night of the third Sunday in April, 1935, after she had…